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Tuscany has for centuries had an important role in defining art, literature, culture, gastronomy and style. Dante was Tuscan and helped form the definitive Italian language. Catherine de Medici invented the fork. Wine and olive oil have been staples for over three millenia. A long list of hill towns: Volterra, San Gimignano, Monteriggioni, Castellina, Volpaia, Radda, etc., are treasures of Etruscan, Medieval and Renaissance history. The Landscape is breathtaking. Row upon row of sky-reaching cypress trees line the hilltops. Orchards of olive trees and parcels of vineyards fill the hillsides.

Siena, Tuscany, Italy
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Villa Collalto, Tuscany, Italy |
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